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Send Email With Attachments

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Demonstrates how to send an email with attachments. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# The mailman object is used for sending (SMTP) and receiving (POP3) email.
$mailman = New-Object Chilkat.MailMan

# Set the SMTP server.
$mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my-tls-mail-server.com"

# Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
$mailman.SmtpUsername = "MY_SMTP_USERNAME"
$mailman.SmtpPassword = "MY_SMTP_PASSWORD"

# Connect to SMTP port 465 using TLS.
$mailman.SmtpSsl = $true
$mailman.SmtpPort = 465

# Create a new email object
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email

$email.Subject = "This is a test"
$email.Body = "This is a test"
$email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
$success = $email.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com")
# To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

# Add some attachments.
# The AddFileAttachment method returns the value of the content-type it chose for the attachment.
$contentType = $email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
if ($email.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$contentType = $email.AddFileAttachment("qa_data/pdf/fishing.pdf")
if ($email.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Call SendEmail to connect to the SMTP server and send.
# The connection (i.e. session) to the SMTP server remains
# open so that subsequent SendEmail calls may use the
# same connection.  
$success = $mailman.SendEmail($email)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
}

$("Mail with attachments sent!")